MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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It as a symbol of the king and everything wrong with France
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It would end the revolution in France
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The nobles were hiding there
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They were following the orders of Napoleon
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bastille was rumored to be full of political prisoners and was a symbol to many of the oppression of the king. It also had stores of gunpowder that the revolutionaries needed for their weapons. On the morning of July 14, the revolutionaries approached the Bastille.
Detailed explanation-2: -The storming of the Bastille symbolically marked the beginning of the French Revolution, in which the monarchy was overthrown and a republic set up based on the ideas of ‘Liberté, égalité, fraternité’ (the French for liberty, equality and brotherhood).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bastille Prison was stormed on 14th of July 1789. It was attacked because they wanted its gunpowder and weapons. The commander of the prison was killed and the seven prisoners inside were all released. The fortress was completely demolished by people.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historians have noted that by 1789 peasant farmers and the working class of France were spending upwards of 90% of their daily income on just bread. In general, all of these burdens led to the peasants of France feeling anger and resentment towards the monarchy of Louis XVI and his inability to solve the food crisis.